ALIAS GRACE
by Atwood, Margaret
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385475713
- ISBN 13
- 9780385475716
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, 1996. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A mystery-crime novel based on the true crime murders of a rich Toronto man and his housekeeper by Grace Marks and James McDermott, other members of the household staff, in mid-nineteenth century Canada; text edges slightly soiled; dustjacket slightly edgeworn, no major problems.
Synopsis
Alias Grace is a historical fiction novel by Canadian writer Margaret Atwood. First published in 1996 by McClelland & Stewart, it won the Canadian Giller Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The story is about the notorious 1843 murders of Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery in Upper Canada. Two servants of the Kinnear household, Grace Marks and James McDermott, were convicted of the crime. McDermott was hung and Marks was sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001396
- Title
- ALIAS GRACE
- Author
- Atwood, Margaret
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing, First U.S. Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0385475713
- ISBN 13
- 9780385475716
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- MYSTERY, CRIME, HISTORICAL, 19TH CENTURY, TORONTO, CANADA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery; Suspense; Crime;
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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